Ecological problems blog 21 Feb 2009 A new blog that looks promising is here. In one of their first pieces they note that Cameroon is following the Congo’s example and setting up preserves for gorillas (and other things). Ecology and Biodiversity
Ecology and Biodiversity A melange 14 Jan 2009 Chris Nedin at Ediacaran has a nice discussion of the metaphor of the adaptive landscape, “Climbing Pit Improbable“. It should be noted that the genetic notion of adaptive peaks is exactly the same thing as the AI notion of gradient descent learning., which inverts the “landscape” the way Chris describes…. Read More
Ecology and Biodiversity Observing the hot 17 Mar 2008 The ever-interesting blog of Moselio Schachter, Small Things Considered has another post of thought-provoking microbes: hyperthermophiles. These wee beasties live at 90°C in anoxic conditions. I particularly liked the passing comment: Growth and division of these organisms was observed at 90°C under anoxic conditions using a dark-field light microscope (which… Read More
Ecology and Biodiversity Half of all primate species face extinction 5 Aug 2008 sigh… More here. Read More
Thank you very much for your kind words to our blog. Though we are not that new, in fact we had written more than 200 pieces related to different ecological problems. Is it perhaps possible for you to include our link to your blogroll list? Thank you very much Zdeni